Let the Weight Games Begin!

Our house, or rather two of the inhabitants of our house, shall now be characterized as...unfortunately, and in some cases unsuccessfully, health-conscious. Well, not health-conscious per se, but rather weight conscious, as in having a tendency to consult with their weighing scale every few minutes and maintaining the illusion of being "comfortably hungry". What is "comfortable hungry" anyways? How can hunger be in any way comfortable? Well...I don't have the answer...you'll have to ask Alisha.

You see, when I said "unsuccessfully health conscious", I was referring to...me. Yes, that's right. I am a servant to my own stomach. I fall prey to the wiles of delectable, moist, chocolatey brownies and mouth-watering morsels of cake, gobbling them down, showing no mercy! Can't you hear those potato chips calling in the cupboards of the pantry? Or the warm slices of toasted bread that beg to be dipped into vats and vats of savory, garlicky olive oil? Food was meant to be eaten! Oh yes, food is meant to be cherished and loved and...

I gained two pounds! Shoot! You see what I mean? You see what food does to people! I can feel the outlines of my body slowly turning into the mush of apple sauce or salty guacamole with flecks of tomatoes and subtle hints of spices like pepper, chillies...Jeez! I'm doing it again! Why couldn't food have zero calories? Why couldn't it be that when you exercised you gained weight? Or, as Alisha says, why can't you lose weight just by chattering and blithering away the entire day? That would be oh so wonderful.

But, you see, it's not like that. In this world yum! equals fattening and yuck! is unfortunately good for you. Things that make you tired are the ones that help you maintain a healthy weight and things that are wonderful, like regular, timed naps at frequent intervals, are indescribably bad for you. What kind of world is this? I would rather retreat into my own cocoon where I suddenly have the body I want and I got it as a result of an angel food cake diet.

As if that would ever happen!